Spy Phones

AUTHOR(S)

Helman, Christopher

PUB. DATE

March 2010

SOURCE

Forbes Asia;Mar2010, Vol. 6 Issue 3, p75

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article presents information about Herndon, Virginia-based Reality Mobile, which provides software solutions based on telepresence technology. The company earned 5 million dollars in revenue during 2009. 80% of the revenue was generated from government customers. David Rensin, cofounder and chief scientist at the company, says that their products allow to push live video to dozens of people and there is not need to schedule a WebEx conference ahead of time.

Interviews David Rensin, 41, a senior editor at `Playboy' and Bill Zehme, 32, a senior writer at `Rolling Stone,' who devised a survey that went out to 1,000 Bobs, both famous and obscure. Published the results in `The Bob Book.'

The article presents information on the safety issues related to the use of robots in production lines. It is said that robots are accurate and very fast, in comparison to human beings. However, robots are now also interacting with people, and being used for applications like running warehouses...

Considers the views of author David Rensin on the motion picture industry during a Sunset Room party for his book 'The Mailroom.' Overview of the book; His description of the industry; Party attendees.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "At long last, Obama highlights IPv6," "Top reason for Facebook unfriending: Too many useless posts" and "Cisco's umi gets panned."

The article offers news briefs related to telecommunication system in Asia. The explosive growth of femtocell is poised in 2010 and the shipments is expected to grow by triple-digit figures from 2011-2013. The sales growth of Telepresence in Asia-Pacific market is higher in 2009 after growing...

The article reports on the advancement of video conferencing technology which is now accessible to anyone with a computer device and a high-bandwidth Internet connection. It notes the California-based multinational company Polycom Inc. that offers telepresence and voice communication solutions...